Links--Unit II

Links--Unit II
Gel electrophoresis
http://alonsolivingenvironment.blogspot.com/2010/04/gel-electrophoresis.html

http://www.dnalc.org/resources/animations/gelelectrophoresis.html
Genetics

Mitosis vs. Meiosis animation http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/divide.html#

DNA from the Beginning: Huge website with animations, practice problems, information and links on genetics
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/1/concept/index.html

University of Utah--Learn Genetics
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/dna/

Genetic mutations--deletion, duplication, inversion, translocation: http://www.biology-online.org/2/8_mutations.htm

Some effects of genetic mutations:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-different-types-of-chromosome-disorders.htm

http://www.hudsonalpha.org/education/kits/disorder-detectives/genetic-disorders

http://www.rrc.com/pgd_inherited.asp#Structural

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genetic_disorders

http://www.genome.gov/10001204

http://www.medicinenet.com/huntington_disease/page2.htm

http://healthtools.aarp.org/adamcontent/cri-du-chat-syndrome?CMP=KNC-360i-YAHOO-HEA&HBX_OU=51&HBX_PK=cri_du_chat_syndrome

Genetic effects of stress
http://www.nature.com/news/stress-alters-children-s-genomes-1.14997

Mendellian inheritance in humans--online database from John Hopkins University
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez

The Biology Project: Human Genetics, University of AZ--problems and tutorials in genetics
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/Human_Bio/human_bio.html

Genetics ethics problems to investigate
http://www.exploratorium.edu/genepool/ETHEX.html

Epigenetics, and how our understanding of genetics is changing...
DNA is not destiny: http://discovermagazine.com/2006/nov/cover/?searchterm=epigenetic
How child abuse can change the genome: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/23/child-abuse-may-leave-a-lasting-mark-on-victims-dna/

Maternal and paternal inheritence: Mom and Dad are fighting in your genes: http://discovermagazine.com/2008/dec/10-mom-and-dad-are-fighting-in-your-genes-and-your-brain

Genetic Analysis

Genetic Stories...
The story of the clawfoot people of Gowanda, NY:
http://books.google.com/books?id=ehWLF6yYepYC&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=clawfoot+people+genetic&source=bl&ots=oN-XK3Ct_9&sig=Tgv-1LGWZ7i9eQaCGJPk2lwPF3U&hl=en&ei=Hyb4SrD5N8Ld8Qa29bDzCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CA0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=clawfoot%20people%20genetic&f=false
And another:
http://books.google.com/books?id=S_kys9WOsbsC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=zoar+valley+ny+deformed&source=web&ots=7Up-bTegy3&sig=LprL98kNHBlufvQzg5vzTOQSS50#v=onepage&q=&f=true
A more scientific explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectrodactyly

The Vadoma tribe of Zimbabwe--another story of ectrodactyly
http://atlasobscura.com/places/ostrich-people-zimbabwe

Bree Walker--a story about an actress with ectrodactyly
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-02-16-bree-walker_x.htm

The blue Fugates of Kentucky (in Spanish!)--good pictures!
http://marcianitosverdes.haaan.com/2007/09/argyria-y-la-gente-azul/

And the story of the blue Fugates from Science magazine, 1982
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyperry3/Blue_Fugates_Troublesome_Creek.html

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Darius Goes West--an award-winning film about a boy with DMD who takes a life-changing road trip...
http://www.dariusgoeswest.org/the-film/

DNA

Click and Clone activity
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/tech/cloning/clickandclone/

DNA replication animation
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/dna/DNAi_replication_vo2.html

DNA replication rap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1UPf7lXeO8&feature=related

Molecular biology animations
http://helicase.pbworks.com/Molecular-Biology-Movies-and-Animations#DNAnbspReplication

Good explanation of topoisomerase
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4fbPUGKurI

Gene translation explained
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/T/Translation.html

John Kyrk's animation
http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAtranslation.html

Gene therapy
http://www.pbs.org/saf/1202/features/genetherapy.htm

Gene regulation
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/explained-rna.html


Population Genetics
Human population: interactives and quizzes
http://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/

Lab 8A & Ability to Taste Chemical Compounds

Natural selection and the ability to taste PTC
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1181941/

Ability to taste PTC related to perception of sodium benzoate taste
http://chemse.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/13/4/517

Sodium benzoate as a food preservative
http://www.ehow.com/how_4807904_of-sodium-benzoate-food-preservative.html

PTC taste information and connections
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenylthiocarbamide

Dr. Dennis Drayna--researches PTC taste in populations
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/research/scientists/draynad.asp

Why thiourea tasters don't eat their brocolli...
http://www.everybody.co.nz/page-49fdb0ee-b5c9-4705-9f7b-815dcdbbd79a.aspx

Inability to taste PTC and glaucoma connected
http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=1977;volume=25;issue=4;spage=30;epage=32;aulast=Soodan

Inability to taste PTC/PROP and obesity in women linked
http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v13/n6/full/oby2005119a.html


Genetics in populations
The white deer of Seneca Army Depot--genetic mutation in an isolated population
http://senecawhitedeer.org/home.php

Genetics of white deer
http://www.mdwfp.com/Level2/Wildlife/Game/Deer/Articles.asp?article=404

http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2008/12/the-white-deer-at-the-seneca-army-depot/